Ethical Challenges Arising in the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Overview from the Association of Bioethics Program Directors (ABPD) Task Force.
Am J Bioeth
; 20(7): 15-27, 2020 07.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32511078
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has raised a host of ethical challenges, but key among these has been the possibility that health care systems might need to ration scarce critical care resources. Rationing policies for pandemics differ by institution, health system, and applicable law. Most seem to agree that a patient's ability to benefit from treatment and to survive are first-order considerations. However, there is debate about what clinical measures should be used to make that determination and about other factors that might be ethically appropriate to consider. In this paper, we discuss resource allocation and several related ethical challenges to the healthcare system and society, including how to define benefit, how to handle informed consent, the special needs of pediatric patients, how to engage communities in these difficult decisions, and how to mitigate concerns of discrimination and the effects of structural inequities.
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Temas:
ECOS
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Aspectos_gerais
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Financiamentos_gastos
Bases de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Pneumonia Viral
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Alocação de Recursos para a Atenção à Saúde
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Infecções por Coronavirus
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Comitês Consultivos
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Betacoronavirus
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Ethics
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Bioeth
Assunto da revista:
ETICA
Ano de publicação:
2020
Tipo de documento:
Article